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Description

This is the expansion to Creative Assembly's Rome: Total War strategy game. While the original dealt with the rise of the Roman Empire to glory, the conquest of the Greeks and Gauls and the clash with the Carthaginians, the expansion deals with its eventual decline. The Roman Empire splits in two, forming the Western and the Eastern Empires. Historically, the tribal race knows as the Huns, the "Scourge of God" reached the gates of Rome burning everything in its way and turned back, while the Eastern part would rise again as the great Byzantine Empire. It is up to the player to assume the role of one of the two Emperors or the Warlords of the barbarian races and imitate or change History.

Once again, gameplay is split between grand real-time battles and engrossing turn-based building and managing. The core of the gameplay remains the same on the battlefield and the most significant addition is that of night battles (it seems that the barbarians favoured this time for raids) and the ability to cross rivers. On a larger scale Barbaric races such as the Huns and Vandals are not defeated if they lose their provinces, but form Hordes and move to find greener lands. This feature imitates both the fearsome way in which the Huns overrun Europe and the major population shifts that took place in this dark time.

Alternate Titles

  • "罗马:全面战争 蛮族入侵" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "RTW: BI" -- Abbreviated Title

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Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion    
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Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion Expansion Pack Windows $19.99  
Rome: Total War Windows $14.99  
Rome Total War Gold Edition Windows $19.99  
Rome: Total War Windows $19.99  
Age of Empires: Collectors Edition (Jewel Case) Windows $9.99  
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The Press Says

Pelit Nov, 2005 93 out of 100 93
IGN Sep 29, 2005 8.8 out of 10 88
PC Powerplay Oct, 2005 87 out of 100 87
ActionTrip Oct 10, 2005 86 out of 100 86
GameSpot Oct 10, 2005 8.2 out of 10 82
Jeuxvideo.com Oct 03, 2005 16 out of 20 80
Gamestyle (Germany) Oct 07, 2005 8 out of 10 80
Game Revolution Oct 14, 2005 B 75
1UP Nov 01, 2005 7 out of 10 70
JeuxVideoPC.com Nov 13, 2005 14 out of 20 70

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Trivia

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion was named Expansion of the Year in the 2005 PC Game Awards issue of Computer Games Magazine (March 2006).


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Silverblade (1428) on Oct 03, 2005.
 

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